Improved knife-cleaning box



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS A. SALISBURY, OF GREENE, NEV YORK.

IMPRovl-:D KNIFE-CLEANING Box.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,328, dated May 2 0,1862.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FEANcIs A. SALISBUEY, of Greene, in the county ofChenango and State of New York, have invented a new and useful householdarticle, which lcall a Compound Polishingdox and Rubber for Cleaning andScouring Table-Cutleryg7 and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which-Figure l represents a top view of the box, the sliding lid withdrawn,showing the internal arrangement. Fig. '2 shows the rubber k andpolish-box, the same being moved to project overv the rubber, (shown inblue lines.) Fig. 3 is the rubber and polish-box, the lid being removedto show the interior and perforated bottom.

My invention relates to a new article of manufacture for householdpurposes; and it consists in a sliding box having a perforated bottomthrough which the polishing-powder is sifted, the same being securedover the rubber in such a` manner as to be moved on either side to emitthe powder and hold it from discharging when the box is in its place,the rubber to be kept and used in a box where the cutlery is placed, sothat half a I dozen knives or forks can be scoured at the thereon.

I make a neat substantial box, A A, of sufficient length and width toplace half a dozen knives or forks side by side, with recesses in thebottom to receive the handles a a a, the blades b b b restingon the flatsurface.

The

cutlery is held by a box, B, resting on the handles, the box being aplace to keep a piece of chamois or flannel for wiping the dust offafter scouring. The rubber C is made of a block of wood. The under sidemay be cushioned, so as to be quite elastic, vif desired, and coveredwith leather, felt, or cloth. On each end of the block are cleats c c,secured by two screws, t' 'i' t c', the cleats forming guides and clampsto hold, the polish-box D to the rubber, and will allow it to moveeither side, so as to project over the edge of the rubber C, by whichmeans the perforated bottom d can be graduated, so as to discharge moreorv-less of the polishing-powder, or shut it all off at pleasure. Thesmall rubber E is made curved on the bottom to clean forks, and may fitin and be kept in the polish-box D when not in use. The polish-box isclosed by a sliding lid, F,

vand is a convenient handle to the rubber C.

At the rear end of the box A is a long faint concave, G, into which thepolishing-powder will accumulate as it is being used. The rubbers, thepolishing-powder, and the cleaningcloths, are all contained in the boxesB and D, and are all kept securely and ready for immediate use in thebox A A, which is closed by the sliding lid H. Thus it will be seen thata neat and useful article can be fur-` nished, and one of the di rtiestoperations of the kitchen be avoided.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as a new articleof-manufacture, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The polishing-box D, having a wire-gauze or a perforated bottom, incombination with the rubber C, the whole being arranged, op-

erated, and incased in the box A, substantially in the manner hereindescribed, and for the purposes specified.

' FRANCIS A. .SALlSBUR-Y. Vitnesses:

ALVIN SALIsBURY, GEORGE ROBERTS.

